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    Andre R. Williams - Ohio Death Row




    Facts of the Crime:

    On August 15, 1988, Williams and an accomplice, Christopher Daniel, murdered 65-year-old George Melnick and attempted to murder Katherine Melnick in their Warren home. After forcing their way into the house, Williams and Daniel beat the Melnicks with a brick, an ax handle and a lamp, killing Mr. Melnick and severely injuring Mrs. Melnick. Williams also attempted to rape Mrs. Melnick. Williams and Daniel bragged to several friends about beating and robbing the elderly couple, and Williams even demonstrated what he had done.

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    Ohio Supreme Court upholds conviction for Andre Williams


    The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of the death sentence for killer Andre R. Williams.

    LuWayne Annos, an assistant Trumbull County prosecutor, said the court's decision could signal the end of Williams' state appeals, though that decision will be up to Williams and his lawyer, John Juhasz, of Boardman.

    Juhasz could not be reached yesterday.

    Annos said her office will notify the Ohio attorney general's office of the Supreme Court's decision and expect it to notify the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati so that Williams' federal appeals process can resume.

    That process was put on hold in 2003 after a U.S. Supreme Court decision that said it is unconstitutional to execute the mentally retarded.

    Williams filed an appeal of his death sentence on those grounds, but both Judge W. Wyatt McKay of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court and the 11th District Court of Appeals ruled against Williams.

    Williams, 41, was convicted in 1989 of killing George Melnick, 65, and severely beating Melnick's wife, Katherine, 65, in 1988 in Warren.

    (Source: The Youngstown Vindicator)

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    On September 28, 2009, Williams filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohi...v02246/161284/

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    Prosecutor Says No Parole For Defendant In Melnick Case

    The Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office is urging the Ohio Adult Parole Authority to not release a man convicted in the 1988 brutal attack of an elderly couple, that left one person dead and the other blind.

    In September, the Parole Authority will consider the case of Christopher Daniel -- convicted in 1989 for his role in the death of 65-year-old George Melnick -- and attempted murder of his wife Katherine. Daniel was convicted of several charges, including involuntary manslaughter.

    "The horrific amount of violence inflicted on Mrs. Melnick when she was standing by her kitchen sink, resulted in her being unconscious for 48 hours, left her with massive brain injuries, and also resulted in her permanent blindness," Watkins said.

    His co-defendant, Andre Williams in on death row and Watkins says Daniel deserves to die in prison.

    Watkins points out that Daniel served only 23 years of his 37 to 100 year prison sentence. he says if Daniel would be released now, it would be a mockery of justice.

    Trumbull County's victim advocate Miriam Fife agrees with Watkins, saying that for the safety of the citizens she does not believe someone as violent as Daniel should be walking the streets.

    "I think everyone should maybe be involved in making sure people like that don't get out," Fife said. "Maybe everyone should be writing a letter to the parole board."

    If the parole board decides to release Daniel early, Watkins says he'll ask for a full board hearing so he can raise formal objections.

    http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/loc...9Ck9YQiLA.cspx

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    Parole denied for man convicted in 1988 Warren murder

    A man convicted in a death and robbery in Warren in 1988 will remain in prison for at least another four years.

    The parole board has denied Christopher Daniel's request for release.

    Daniel is serving a 37 to 100 year sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the death of George Melnick and the attempted murder of his wife during a robbery at their Warren home.

    Daniel is not eligible for parole until September 2015.

    Andre Williams was sentenced to death for the crime and remains on death row.

    http://www.wfmj.com/story/15497667/parole-denied-for

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    Judge denies inmate claim

    Death row inmate Andre Williams saw his claim that he is mentally disabled and unfit for the death penalty struck down for the fourth time.

    And Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins said Monday he is pleased that ''another long-standing obstacle'' has been removed, leading toward Williams' pending execution.

    U.S. Northern District Judge Donald Nugent Friday denied Williams' petition that included the mental retardation claim.

    The denial is the latest setback for Williams, who has had his claims of mental retardation, otherwise known as an Atkins claim, rejected at the common pleas court level, 11th District Court of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court. The supreme court refused to hear the claim in January 2009 before Williams took the appeal to the federal court system.

    The claim is based on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that deemed it cruel and unusual punishment to execute a mentally retarded inmate.

    Williams has been on death row since 1989, convicted in the 1988 death of George Melnick and the brutal beating and blinding of his wife, Katherine.

    Watkins and his office have shown Williams' IQ scores are between 76 and 78; the cutoff established by courts as the borderline mental retardation level is 70. Prosecutors also showed that Williams functions well enough to file his own legal briefs and create his own website while in prison.

    Watkins on Monday praised assistant Ohio Attorney General Stephen Maher, who handled Williams' case in federal court.

    The prosecutor also said that while Nugent's decision doesn't prevent Williams from appealing the case further, the federal judge denied a certificate of appealability meaning judges with the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals would have to agree to hear the mental retardation claim.

    http://www.tribtoday.com/page/conten....html?nav=5021
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    On October 29, 2012, Williams filed an appeal in the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals over the denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...s/ca6/12-4269/

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    See...this is what is ridiculous. FOUR TIMES he's been denied the "mental retardation" appeal. It should be a one-time thing. This is what continually pollutes the courts and drags these things into years and decades long ordeals. We're at 25 years now. This should have been heard once, ruled, and we should have been talking about his execution's completion for years now.

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    On January 21, 2015, oral argument in Mitchell's case will be heard before a Sixth Circuit panel made up of Judges Moore (Clinton), Gibbons (G.W. Bush) and Rogers (G.W. Bush).

    http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/calendar...lendar_000.pdf

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    In today's Sixth Circuit decisions:

    "The state court’s application of law with regard to whether Williams is intellectually disabled under Atkins was contrary to clearly established Federal law. Accordingly, we VACATE and REMAND so that the district court may grant a CONDITIONAL WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS prohibiting Williams’s execution unless the State reassesses Williams’s Atkins petition consistent with this opinion."

    http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions...5a0138p-06.pdf

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